Kentville Scrap Line

Just to the north of the Kentville Repair Shop was a set of tracks used for many years as the Kentville Scrap Line, where retired rolling stock were stored or awaited scraping. This "Dead Line" was noted as far back as 1869, the first year of operation on the Windsor and Annapolis.^[1] Old locomotives would be parked here in the dead line, discretely out of public view, so parts could be cannibalized until they were eventually cut up for scrap. The scrapping itself was usually done in an open area beside the river near the Kentville Boiler Plant.

Gallery

No. 24 in the dead line at Kentville with No. 41, said to be 1937.
No. 23 "Cornwallis" being scrapped at Kentville August 1937.
Snow plow No. 907 being rebuilt, with DAR No. 500 on the Kentville Scrap Line, Sept. 9, 1937.
North side of the repair shop in July 1938 with locomotive No.33 in the scrapline.
Locomotive 24 in the scrap line behind the Kentville Repair Shop with the Kentville Station in the background, circa 1939.
Locomotive 24 in the dead line at Kentville June 1939.
No. 25 at Kentville in July of 1938.
DAR locomotive No. 32 in the Kentville Scrap Line, circa 1941.
DAR locomotive No. 26 in the Kentville Scrap Line, circa 1941.
DAR0544 with stack capped in the Kentville Scrap Line, circa 1943.
Wooden Gypsum car No. 350505 being scrapped at Kentville Railyard on April 3, 1964. Tool car No. 403769 can be seen behind.